towerofanimus | "Love Fool" Player Plot Log

"Love Fool" Player Plot Log

Characters: Diarmuid Ua Duibhne and anyone affected by his curse or who wants to get caught up in the chaos!
Setting: March 29th-April 4th. Anywhere in the tower during the beginning of the event, primarily in and around Room 4-16 later in the event.
Format: Any!
Summary: Instead of being mostly inactive, Diarmuid's curse starts being active most of the time and it's affecting both men and women! Chaos ensues! An OOC plotting and sign up post is here.
Warnings: Death, violence, blood, worms (X.x Kariya...), psychological torture, swearing, shenanigans of a romantic nature, and ANGST! I will update as it is needed!
Notes: Being affected by Diarmuid's curse requires a tag on his permissions post here so please make sure to stop by! If the log gets too big, I will make a second, overflow log and link it here. While most sections have dates on them, they are only references for the time of the week that the events are going on and not when the section is available for posting. All sections are open for posting just as soon as the log goes up and will stay open throughout the event.

Notice: The log is open! Have fun everyone and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Background Information:

One of Diarmuid's most defining traits is his curse, actually a gift given to him by a spirit of love, beauty, and youth as repayment for something he did for her. Unfortunately, while something like that might be an actual gift to a fellow spirit or god, giving it to a human doesn't work quite so well. Being a honorable man, though, Diarmuid has never taken advantage of those affected by his curse. Instead, he has done his best to let them down gently and guide them through the pain caused by it. Sometimes this has worked and sometimes it hasn't. In either event, he remembers vividly every person he's ever hurt because of it.

That approach works well until the woman who falls in love with him is his Lord's fiancee and a princess who won't take no for an answer. She places a geis on him that forces him to run away with her. Many things end that night and a great many more begin. At least, that's how the legends go.

In the tower, his curse has been weakened somewhat so that it is only rarely active. However, when it activates and for how long is random, and he doesn't know when it is happening until those affected start acting oddly toward him. Those so affected seem to remain that way for a week or two and often have some success controlling their reactions to him if they have a strong will or know that they are under the curse's spell.

Event Information:

During the event instead of activating only once and a while, Diarmuid's curse will almost constantly be active. It will also affect men and women meaning that almost everyone he runs into in the tower has the chance of being affected. He will not know this right away and will continue going about his normal patrol routes, meetings, and so on until he finally realizes what is going on. Once he does, he will start hiding in his room to limit the number of people affected. However, this won't work out so well because with him staying in one place, anyone who is under the curse's spell and trying to find him isn't going to have to look very hard.

Every day he will be spending at least a little time out of his room so that a character can be hit by the curse whenever they wish to be during the event. Anyone is welcome to have their character affected whether or not they actually have CR already with Diarmuid. This is actually a good time to start up CR if you have wanted to, but not been sure how since he will be checking in with people to make sure they are okay once the effects of the curse have passed. New players are also welcome!

How strongly and how long a character is affected by the curse is totally up to that character's mun. And remember, your character doesn't have to be affected by the curse to participate! Do they want to troll Diarmuid by acting like they are affected when they aren't? Do they want to slip him a gift or thank you but have been too shy to until they have the chance to do it under the guise of something else? Might they just be passing by Room 4-16 and get caught up in a fight? Do they have a friend who is affected and are trying to 'help' them out? Anything is possible and creativity is encouraged!

Below I have set up several locations and times to have things going on, but feel free to start something elsewhere if you wish! Private meetings between characters working together or other similar posts are welcome. Just be sure to mark what is going on. In an effort to try and keep everything to one log, I have made sub-headings for his Mailbox and for Network posts should characters wish to use those things as well to show their feelings. Because people are competing for his attention to the point of fighting in some cases, please be aware that I am encouraging threadjacking and sneaky tricks like stealing gifts out of his mailbox or from his room. If you want to make sure that a thread isn't interrupted by others or a gift stolen, please mark the thread's subject line with the word "Locked." Any thread marked in such a way should only have Diarmuid and the thread starter replying in it unless other arrangements have been made. All other threads are considered open for interruption, but please remember to be polite.

Important Note: To help keep things organized, please make sure to put either "Open" or "Locked" in the subject line of all newly started threads so that people know if it is okay to jump in or not. It is all right if you decide to change the status later in the thread--just adjust the comment title in the next post.

Diarmuid will not respond to threads that aren't marked until they are marked, and I would ask others not to either since once replied to, comments can't be edited. Once the thread is marked, it is fair game to be replied to.

During the end of the event players will find it harder to get into Diarmuid's room because the way will be blocked. Master Kariya Matou (

vermicompost ) will have ordered his Servant Berserker (

chevalier_mal_fet ) to guard the door. Far from what it looks like on the outside, both men aren't trying to help protect their friend from those affected. Instead, they have also been affected and are tying to keep away all other potential suitors! Can anyone say Boss Fight? Will those affected team up to take them down or maybe just sit back and let them take out a few rivals to thin the competition? It's all up to you guys and how nuts you want to get!

Important Note: When tagging the 'Boss Fight' section, in addition to marking your post "locked" or "open" in the subject line, please also state if your character is meeting Lancelot in his true form--which will mean having to deal with him in some way so your character can get through to the room--or in Diarmuid's form--which will mean he will greet your character and act like Diarmuid in an attempt to lead your character away from the room. Your character is free to be fooled or see through his deception as the thread progresses. Just be aware that Lancelot's mimic ability is high level and will take either knowing Diarmuid and his quirks well or having a lot of magical knowledge to see through.

Finally, while the tone for the event is mostly fun and humorous, if you want there can be more serious consequences. If any character is involved in a serious incident or dies because of something related to the event, please make sure you put a comment in this section with your character's name, journal, a quick blurb about what happened and, most importantly, if you want Diarmuid to know what happened. Obviously, because of his nature, he is going to want to contact anyone who is seriously impacted by or killed because of his curse.

That's it! Go forth and cause chaos! If there are questions or problems at any time, please feel free to contact me via pm though Diarmuid's journal (

oathshackledbird ) or on Plurk at

NekoSandy

IC Event Introducton:

The day starts off like any other for Diarmuid and for that he is glad. After all that had happened at the end of the month in February, quiet and routine days are something he is not going to argue against. Besides, with so many people who are from some version of the world he knows having arrived this month, he would really like them to have a chance to settle in before things get too chaotic again. There are those he would also like to spend as much time with as possible before anything else happens. So many people, himself included, need as much time as they can get to just sort out the things going on in their heads.

The problem is, will the tower give that time to them? Diarmuid knows each quiet day is one more step forward so that they can all be prepared for whatever the administrators throw at them next.

A small smile crosses his face as he takes off to make his first patrol of the tower. After that, he will probably have something to eat at the cafeteria, before taking some time to visit friends. Sometime before nightfall, he will make another patrol of the floors before retiring to his room for the night. It's a simple day and considering how quickly things can go bad in the tower when things get too complex, he's not bothered at all by that simplicity.

It's just a shame that he doesn't realize, as he leaves his room, that things won't stay simple for long. Not with his curse suddenly becoming active in a way it never has before...

Section Links:

Diarmuid's Mailbox #0091
Network Posts
Diarmuid's Room (4-16) on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Outside of Diarmuid's room on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Anywhere in the Tower on Mar 29th-Mar 31st
Diarmuid's Room (4-16) on April 1st-April 4th
Outside of Diarmuid's room on April 1st-4th
Anywhere in the Tower on April 1st-4th
Boss Encounter with Berserker on April 3rd-April 4th
Serious Incident/Death List

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Thank you. You as well seem like you would be a good friend.

[He gives Yata a curious look.]

If it is not prying too much... If you don't think that is crazy, what is crazy to you?

[Did he mention he loves hearing stories of other people's adventures?]

[He pauses a moment and thinks over how best to answer this question.]

Weeeell...there was that time that Homra had to save one of our newbies from some chick he had a one night stand with. Oh, and we had to stop another of our newbies from killing Mikoto-san's best friend and I guess you could say second in command at the time.

[A sad look passes over his face.]

But some other guy killed him later...

[Diarmuid can't help but laugh at the antics of the boy's fellows. Indeed, the stories seem very familiar.]

No matter now different worlds may be, some things don't change at all. Brothers-in-arms always stand up for each other even if the reason they are having to fight is because someone had too much to drink the night before. I also felt a little bad for the new guys until they proved themselves worthy to really stand with us. If they said one wrong thing, they would have the whole group standing against them.

It is sad that your friend still died, but he had more time because of you guys. Warriors always know death is coming. I think that is why they celebrate like no others. Don't be sad that he died. Be glad he lived that much longer with you.

...I'd agree with everything you're saying if the guy that died was actually a fighter and that his death came from fighting. But no. He was the one that was the nicest, and took care of everyone. He didn't die some heroic death fighting. A coward turned around and shot him for saying hello! That bastard shouldn't have killed him! It should have been me, or one of the ones that actually did the fighting...

[Yata's emotions are taking over, and it's clear that he's caught between anger and sadness]

...That's why we fought so hard to bring his killer to justice. Totsuka didn't deserve the death he got. It should have been someone else...or maybe even no one...we may be ruffians, but isn't the whole point of Homra to clean up the city no one dies?

[Diarmuid reaches out to give Yata's shoulder a comforting squeeze. There is a sympathetic look in his eyes. This is a pain he understands.]

Yes, it is much harder to accept death when those who die are innocents or even worse those who actively help others. Unfortunately, fate is cruel and often uses those who inspire to their very fullest extent and causes them to inspire us from the grave.

[His expression grows stern, mouth pressing into a frown.]

It is unfortunate that in one way this place is much like our own worlds are. We cannot save everyone no matter how hard we try. All we can do is try our bests and keep the memory of those who we could not save in our hearts. If we do that, then they are never really gone and their work continues...though us.

Yeah...I get what you're saying. But this guy...he shouldn't have needed saving. The person who killed him was another king, so it was more like a personal attack against our king and clan...

[Yata's angry now. After all, he knows exactly what happened because the murder was on camera and Totsuka had died in his arms...]

I'll never forgive the bastard that calls himself the Colorless King. I don't care who he is. If he follows me to this tower...I'll finish what he started...

You are probably right. Unfortunately, ruling and the games that are so much a part of it often led to such senseless crimes.

I will not argue that you have every right to your anger and pain, but I would ask you to think of one thing if this person does arrive here. It is something I have had to ponder a great deal since I know there is always a chance that the man who betrayed me might arrive here someday.

[Diarmuid gives Yata a steady, though, also oddly gentle look.]

Would your friend actually want you to do this? While taking such vengeance would make you feel better, it will not bring your friend back and since people revive here it might actually bring you more pain in the long run than it would relieve. With things as difficult and unpredictable as they are in this place, do you really want to make more enemies than you have to?

It would be even better if he were revived again and again so I can continue to teach him his lesson. Again, I'd probably consider Totsuka's possible wishes more if what the bastard did only affected Totsuka.

[Yata's really angry now,, and he seems to be surrounded by an odd red light that, should Diarmuid touch it, would burn hot.]

He didn't just kill Totsuka. He took away our whole clan. Homra was all some of us had. That's not something I can forgive easily.

[Diarmuid nods, saying nothing for a moment as he studies the glow that is suddenly surrounding Yata. it is obviously energy of some sort and probably tied to his strong emotions right now, but Diarmuid can tell nothing else about it than that.]

Easy, he is not here so getting so angry will do no one any good right now. We are talking about what ifs that might never be anymore than that. Please calm yourself. I don't know what that glow is, but I expect it is not a good thing.

I'm alright. That glow you saw was my power. It's red because I'm in the red clan. It's fire, basically.

[Yata definitely appreciates the concern, however.]

Only the king has to worry about losing control. And, you're right. It's stupid of me to lose my shit over something that hasn't even happened yet.

It's all right. Emotions are not something that is easy for anyone to control. Especially strong ones like those you were just feeling.

Your whole clan is fire aligned then?

[Diarmuid pauses to ponder a few things before continuing.]

How exactly does your power work? Is it just a protective barrier or can you do other things with it too? Are your emotions its power source or does it come from somewhere else?

...I've never really thought about it, but for me in particular it's a bit stronger when I'm pissed, but that may be because I use it harder then. My power comes directly from my king.

[Yata pulls down the collar of his t-shirt enough to show Diarmuid a strange tattoo on his chest.]

As for where the king gets it, I'm not too sure. I don't think he even knows himself. Or if he does, he isn't sharing.

[Diarmuid looks at the strange marking for a moment. It almost seems alive to him...pulsing with energy, which makes sense if it is the source of the boy's power. He can't help but wonder if it seems that way to Yata too or if it just seems that way because Diarmuid is a magical being himself.]

So anyone he gives these markings to gains power from him? That is a very different kind of magic from the magic in my world. That magic is mostly passed down through family lines growing stronger over time. It is not something that can just be given to others.

Do you lose that power if your king dies, then? Or is it a permanent gift?

I'm not really sure? I mean, I'm fairly sure my king is dead now but whether he was at the time I was taken from my world, I do not know. And I'm not sure I'd call this magic...although I'm pretty sure it's not scientific, either. And yes, if he gives this marking to you, you have his power.

Diarmuid nods, frowning slightly, "Forgive me my questions. The way the tower does things, I should have guessed you would not be able to give me certain answers and to make you think of your king in such a way was cruel of me. I am afraid my curiosity gets the best of me sometimes."

His daughter might have gotten a good amount of her curiosity from her mother, but most of it had come from her father...

I appreciate your concern, but it's just something I'll have to accept. It's not your fault, and please don't feel bad for bringing it up. And I don't mind you being curious. It actually makes me feel good that someone's interested in listening.

If you insist, then I will say no more. Please feel free to tell me to stop if I pry too much, though.

[Diarmuid smiles at him.]

I would be glad to listen to any tales you would like to tell. My father told me stories all of the time and one of my best friends was a bard. As odd as it might seem for a knight music, stories and poetry-- all of those things are a big part of my life. After all, without those things the deeds we do would be forgotten.

You've got a point. But I'm pretty sure your stories would be more interesting than mine. All my stories would be basically summarized as "tough guys hang out a bar and try to keep their city clean while the shitty blues annoy the fuck out of them"

[Okay, so he's being a little melodramatic about the "shitty Blues" thing]

[Diarmuid laughs and shakes his head.]

Oh, I would not be so sure about that. A lot of my stories are about a bunch of knights sitting around a fire drinking and complaining about how this person or the other annoyed them the other day. Not so very different from your stories. Though, I'm sure we both probably have a few that are much more exciting than that.

You have a really good point. A lot of my clan were people that would have no other home or family if it weren't for Homra. Totsuka was really the one that made it feel like a family. He cared very much for everyone and believed the best in people no matter what.

Ah, and that is why you were so very upset when he was killed in such a manner. You very literally had nothing else without your clan.

[Diarmuid nods as a few things from their earlier conversation click together in his mind.]

What of the others? Is there no one really to take his place? I would think the best way to honor his memory would be to make sure that the family he worked so hard to form stays together.

You're exactly right. I couldn't imagine any other reason to kill Totsuka other than attempting to shit-stir. From the video of the murder, Totsuka was actually being kind to the murderer.

[He pauses a moment]

Yeah, the whole thing was caught on tape. I also arrived at that scene shortly after. He died in my arms. But even if he hadn't...I'd still be just as fucking angry.

Indeed. He was your friend and he was killed because some fool was in the mood for trouble. You have every right to be angry.

[Diarmuid doesn't know anyone else involved besides Yata and he still finds himself feeling angry. Angry and sad. Yata is so young and has already had to see so much. The life of a knight...it is not easy in any time or on any world.]

But since the incident was caught on tape, once the murderer was caught it was easy to see he faced punishment for his deeds, yes?

That's where the clusterfuck started. We went after the bastard, and the shitty Blues got involved and locked up Mikoto-san and tried to chase down the murderer themselves.

[He pauses a moment.]

I don't know exactly what Mikoto-san planned to do with him, but I for one just wanted to catch him. Mainly to ask him what the fuck he thinks he was doing. But I think situation went far beyond the murder.

[Diarmuid nods, his expression sour. It's obvious he doesn't like any of this.]

Right, as you mentioned before. It all comes back to playing the games of power. No one is safe in those games. Not the kings and certainly not their knights.

I truly hope you are able to find justice for those you have lost.

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